Work 2.0: Game On!

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The world of play and the world of work are often seen as opposites. But they may have more in common than we think. In the second installment of our new Work 2.0 series, Ethan Mollick makes the case that we can make our jobs more engaging by incorporating elements of games. If you like our work, please consider supporting it! See how you can help at support.hiddenbrain.org. And to learn more about human behavior and ideas that can improve your life, subscribe to our newsletter atnews.hiddenbrain.org.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedantam.
0:07.8	Psychologists have always been interested in studying
0:10.6	how we make sense of the world.
0:14.0	Over and over, in many fields of research,
0:16.6	one theme has recurred.
0:19.4	What we see here and feel is not just about what's in front of us.
0:26.1	In the 1800s, early researchers began working
0:28.9	in a branch of psychology called psychophysics.
0:32.3	It looked at how, for example, we can easily
0:34.6	spot a single burning candle in a dark room.
0:38.5	But put that same candle in a brightly lit room
0:41.6	and the flame can be hard to spot.
0:44.0	In other words, the context or frame around that burning candle
0:48.5	matters.
0:52.8	And that's true for many aspects of our lives.
0:56.0	If you break your foot the night before your wedding,
0:59.2	you might feel very sorry for yourself.
1:01.6	But if all you experienced during a war is a broken foot,
1:05.6	you would consider yourself extremely lucky.
1:10.4	Frames also shape how we think about our jobs.
1:14.7	This week on Hidden Brain, the second installment
1:17.3	of our new series, Work 2.0.
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